Index for all
April 2014
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Japan Urged To Stop Financing Coal at Obama-Abe Summit
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Russia’s Aerospace Industry Faces Squeeze Over Sanctions
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Czech ECA subsidized by Finance Ministry
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Azeri State Oil Company SOCAR to Sign $3.5 Billion Turkish Refinery Deal
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Fiji’s ECA faces teething problems
March 2014
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Australia’s EFIC extends US$100 m loan to BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto for Chile and world’s largest copper mine
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Rinehart wins Roy Hill funding with ECA support
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UK Export Finance to end 13 years as operating lessor
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Boeing: Global aircraft financing market rebalancing away from export credit support
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ILS To Get Fewer Launches in 2014, Expects Boost from New Russian Export Credit Agency
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India’s credit risk insurer monitoring Ukraine turmoil for risk assessment
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Indian ECA adds new credit line for Africa
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India’s Competition Commission rejects complaint against Export Credit Guarantee Corp
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EDC Finances Turkey’s AkLease to Create Opportunities for Canadian Equipment Makers
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Ex-Im Bank Partners With FCIB Association, Accelerates Access to Export Financing
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Dubai looks to boost trade flows with Sharia-compliant export credit agency
February 2014
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France Must End Public Financing of Coal
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OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria calls for zero net fossil fuel emissions by 2050
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Friends of the Earth France urges Hollande to join Obama in cutting public coal financing
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India’s RIL to raise over $1 bn through export credit
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US ready to offer credit for exporters to former pariah Myanmar
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Brazil govt launches export credit insurance for SMEs
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Andritz receives Austrian “Eyesore of the Year” award
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Cape Wind gets $600 million loan for Nantucket offshore wind farm
January 2014
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OECD Agreement on Export Credits for Rail Infrastructure enters into force
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Controversial Danish railway purchase guaranteed by SACE
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Italy’s SACE willing to cooperate with Belarusbank
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Czech export bank and insurer targeted in police swoop
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India’s SBI and the Export-Import Bank of Korea sign agreement for Line of Credit
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Indian ECA reluctant to take up $6-bn export deal
December 2013
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German human rights organizations sue Ministry of Economics over ECA transparency
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Boeing sees export credits waning as aircraft funding source
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US Export-Import Bank Board Adopts Revised Environmental Guidelines to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Why US Export-Import Bank Backs Australian Billionaire Heiress Gina Rinehart
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Aman Union Launches Export Credit Database
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Russian VTB Bank boosts trade and export finance business
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Novel structure for Chinese export credit bond
November 2013
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Do Swedish ECAs support exports at the expense of human rights?
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Hold The Applause on UK Coal Financing Announcement
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Still exporting destruction: A civil society assessment of Export Credit Agencies’ compliance with EU Regulation (PE-CONS 46/11)
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Hold the applause on UK no-coal finance announcement
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Do Swedish ECAs support exports at the expense of human rights?
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US Caterpillar jobs bouyed by Australian Roy Hill iron mine and US Ex-Im
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Aircraft orders focus attention on export credit
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Australian ECA EFIC annual report shows rising loans
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Human rights Institutes concerned about OECD Common Approaches
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Sri Lanka foreign export credits led by China
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UK Export Finance and Korea
October 2013
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CSOs request ECAs discontinue financing of coal projects
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Civil Society groups request ECAs discontinue financing of coal projects
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European Parliament approves anti-corruption and human rights report
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Ex-Im Bank Supports Export of U.S. Aircraft for Food Security in Brazil
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Vnesheconombank and the Export-Import Bank of China Sign Framework Agreement
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Jubilee Australia calls for review of Australian ECA links to Leighton Holdings bribery scandal
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OECD Working Party on Export Credits Consultation with Civil Society
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Aircraft-backed bonds grow as ECA and commercial bank finance slows
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Atradius Dutch State Business expands Dutch export financing pool to non-OECD banks
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Berne Union elects new officers
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German Seminar on OECD Common Approaches - 11 November 2013 - Berlin
September 2013
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US Ex-Im and OPIC brace for shutdown
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Are US Senators regretting Ex-Im vote?
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POTATOMATION: Jubilee Australia brings its concerns about the ECA-backed PNG LNG project to the Sydney Fringe Festival
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OECD 2012 ECA Bribery Survey Responses Now Available
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US and French ECAs Keep Spigots Open for Space Ventures
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European ECAs to Fund Russian Superjet Project
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BNDES president says Cuba and Angola have requested confidentiality in financing contracts
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NEXIM Bank - Repositioning for Nigeria's Non-Oil Exports
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Miami Businesswoman Sentenced In US Export-Import Bank Fraud
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Aureus Mining Given US$88 Million South African ECA Support
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Turkish Export Credit Bank plans to give $300 million credit facility to Pakistan
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Nigeria seeks NEXIMs support on ECOWAS trade
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U.S. Export-Import Bank Hindered by Budget Fight, Hochberg Says
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Rinehart Record Debt Lures Even as China Slows: Australia Credit
August 2013
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Export credit agencies step into the breach
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Oman weighs credit risks on Egypt exports
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Atradius DSB supports fewer applications but doubles risk exposure
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ECAs and satellite financing
July 2013
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Ex-Im Bank Halts U.S. Funding Review for Vietnam Coal Plant
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Australian coal projects could be ineligible to receive Chinese ECA support
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Amnesty - UK Export Finance is sacrificing human rights on the altar of foreign trade
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U.K. ECA Seeks Looser Rules To Level Playing Field
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Boeing Sees Aircraft-Backed Bond Issues Doubling to $30 Billion
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Australia’s Rinehart clears hurdles on $10 B iron ore project
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Africa: Russian Investment Needs Credit Support
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Parliament Approves $200mln Capital Increase for Export Guarantee Fund of Iran
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Ministerial Meeting on Mobilizing Climate Finance Includes ECAs
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US Ex-Im report grades competitiveness with other ECAs
June 2013
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NGOs, Civil Society warn Coface on guarantees for Kaliningrad nuclear plant
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Export Bank’s Aid to Coal Curbed Under Obama Overseas Pledge
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GAO: Export-Import Bank Needs Improved Risk Management and Reporting
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First JBIC Credit Line to Support of Japanese Company Exports to Mongolia
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UK export finance support to British exporters at 12-year high
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First Canadian Dim Sum bonds as EDC sells debt
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EDC Releases Annual CSR Report
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Another Expensive Trade Credit Insurance Report on Europe
May 2013
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Export-Import Bank: Additional Analysis and Information Could Better Inform Congress on Exposure, Risk, and Resources
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Airliner Export Credit Feels the Political Heat
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Delta Airlines wants to stop Ex-Im help on big jets
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Canadian export agency might finance Nigeria’s ailing aviation sector.
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Canadian Central bank's new governor brings export expertise
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Islamic Development Bank unit launches sovereign sukuk credit insurance
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International Activists Block Ilısu Dam Construction
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Record amount of trade credit insured by Berne Union members
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Australian PM Gillard Backs PNG Gas Plant
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More Detailed Information about Ex-Im Bank Jobs Calculation Methodology Could Improve Transparency
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Masdar and Ex-ImBank Sign MoU to Deploy U.S. Clean Technology
April 2013
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ECA Watch launches new website
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When will Coface and Société Générale follow BNP & HypoVereinsbank and withdraw from Kaliningrad nuclear plant?
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NGOs warn banks not to further finance PNG LNG project
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Jubilee Australia Urges 'Don't ignore Productivity Commission recommendations for ECA reform'
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Chinese Government Guidelines for Overseas Investment
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Atradius Dutch State Business and Exiar join forces to stimulate Dutch-Russian trade
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Ministerial Meeting on Mobilizing Climate Finance Includes ECAs
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China: PICC issues first single short-term export credit insurance
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Telefónica gets €200m from EDC for spending spree to help prop up BlackBerry
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China Exim Bank to Increase Shipping Loans to $14bn in 2013
March 2013
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GAO Flags Need for Continued Improvements in Ex-Im Risk Management
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Open Letter to Andritz Company Concerning Construction of the Ilisu Dam
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Corruption in Africa: It Takes Two to Tango
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Al-Karaana Petrochemicals Complex, Qatar to be largely ECA financed
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ECGC of India to open its first overseas office in London
February 2013
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World Bank’s private sector finance arm doesn’t know environmental & social impacts of much of its portfolio
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Mission reports dramatic social & environment impacts of Dutch ECA supported dredging projects in Brazil
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China Asks Companies to Mind Environment When Investing Overseas
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How Berlin and Beijing tilted world trade [with ECA support]
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EDC immunity from scrutiny: Canada’s Access to Information Act hobbles democracy
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New guidelines adopted on European short-term export-credit insurance
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Nigerian ECA NEXIM and the burden of transformation
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Wind projects look to export finance as new markets open
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Pacific Drilling Pens Export Credit Facility for Drillship Construction
January 2013
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Turkish court orders suspension of Ilisu dam construction
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New EU Commission rules on short-term export credit insurance cover
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China: Export credit coverage exceeds $300 billion in 2012
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PICC challenges Sinosure monopoly in Chinese short-term export credit
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Russia inks $800 million export credit deal with Serbia
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OECD releases export credit documents
December 2012
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Lawsuit targets US Ex-Im LNG fossil fuel project threatening Great Barrier Reef
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How ECAs create debts and inflate aid budgets: the example of Sudan
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Business credit insurance emerges as new Chinese tool
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US & China establish multilateral ECA working group on international guidelines
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New report concerned Australian Government put profits before PNG welfare
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Oxfam Australia submission to EFIC on Mongolian Copper-Gold Mine project
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ECAs and IFIs Financing Human Rights Abuse
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Consultation between OECD Export Credit Committees & CSOs
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India's Government Auditor criticizes ECA ECGC for inadequate controls
November 2012
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Scale of UK arms loans to dictators revealed for first time
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Credit insurer Atradius concludes cooperation agreement with Petrobras
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First Guidance on Social Responsibility of China’s International Project Contracting Industry
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The New Great Walls: A Guide to China’s Overseas Dam Industry
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IDB approves $153 million to set up IDB-China Eximbank Equity Investment Platform
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Obama Administration Fossil Fuel Subsidies Undermine Climate Talks
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Italian export-credit agency SACE opens Mumbai office
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Afreximbank Gets $30m From EDC To Boost Africa-Canada Trade
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Nigeria's NEXIM Partners Turkish Bank to Develop Non-Oil Sector
October 2012
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De facto ECA subsidies for exporters raise concerns
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Stop irresponsible investment in Indonesian pulp mills
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Finvera & OeKB review support for Brazil's Category A Eldorado pulp project
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EU briefing Paper: Export Finance Activities by the Chinese Government (PDF)
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Berne Union members claim to support 10% of world exports
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Zimbabwe: Agribank Secures US$30 million South African ECA backed loan
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UK Export Finance chief executive to stand down
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S&P downgrade shakes trade credit insurer Atradius
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U.S. Ex-Im Bank Signs Co-financing Agreements to Facilitate U.S. Export Sales
September 2012
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Australia's EFIC considers financing Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi Copper-Gold Mine
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Ex-Im Bank approves $2 billion loan to Barakah nuclear power project in UAE
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Ex-Im Bank touts 18K U.S. jobs in $5B loan for Saudi petrochemical complex
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Government of Spain selling off 50% of CESCE
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Ex-Im Bank Spurs ECA Backed Bond Rush to Finance Boeing Planes
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Crédit Agricole launches ECA backed bonds
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Beijing to increase export credit insurance to small companies
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€450m plan to develop new Irish export products criticized by exporters
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Diversion of Tigris river completed, construction of controversial Ilisu dam to begin
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U.S. Ex-Im Satellite Loans Likely To Hit $1.4B
August 2012
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Draft version of Equator Principles III released for comments
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Lawsuit Launched Against Multi-billion-$ U.S. Ex-Im Subsidy of Fossil Fuel Projects in Australia
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Six Export Credit Agencies Offer Indonesian Ferro-Nickel Smelter Funding
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Barrick Gold reveals exorbitant cost overruns on ECA rejected Pascua Lama mine (PDF)
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Gazprom Neft secures 10-year EUR 258 million loan covered by Czech ECA
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New Ex-Im Bank Loans Guarantee Pre-Delivery Interest Rates
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Will Pemex bonds trigger new wave of ECA capital guarantees?
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Indian ECA ECGC expects more claims as EU crisis continues
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Ten Ethiopian Boeing B787s Mainly Financed by J.P. Morgan with US Ex-Im Guarantee
July 2012
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OECD Council ratifies Recommendation on Common Approaches
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UK offers $1bn credit line to controversial Brazilian deep-sea drilling
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Russia agrees to US$3.4 billion export credit for 2 Indian nuclear power plants
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The Community Good - a report on the Influence of the ECA supported PNG LNG Project
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New EFIC Complaints Mechanism
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Tycoon's ECA dependent $10 billion mine faces finance delays
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Pakistan's Board of Investment to establish export credit fund to attract Italian investors
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EDC issues annual corporate social responsibility report
June 2012
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OECD's ECG lags in reporting on ECA activities
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"Wild West" export financing needs taming - ExIm's Fred Hochberg
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OECD's ECG lags in reporting on ECA activities
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Irish Exporters warn credit insurance may hit Spanish trade
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Greek Retailers, Importers See Shortages Emerging As ECA Credit Dries Up
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Chinese Bank Dim Sum Sales Leap to Back Export Credit
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Trade welcomes increase in export credit refinancing limit
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Russia's Sberbank, U.S. Ex-Im Bank Sign Memorandum on Trade
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Turkish Eximbank Almost Doubles One-Year Loan to 224 Million Euros
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State aid: European Commission consults on short-term export credit insurance
May 2012
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What's New April 2012
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Export-Import Bank finances coal exports
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OECD's ECG approves new Common Approaches
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China willing to reform export credit system: U.S. official
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Growing demand for Political Risk & Trade Credit Insurance prompts increased use of public ECAs
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PFA Pension, EKF Boost Export Finance to Help Vestas, Renewables
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NEXIM Bank sells Nollywood at Cannes film festival
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U.S. must fall in line on cotton subsidy
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South Sudan joins membership of African Trade Insurance
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AfDB Holds Inaugural Syndications and Co-Financiers Meeting in London
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US Congress re-authorizes Export-Import Bank
April 2012
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Berne Declaration successfully monitors SERV projects since 1990
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Chinese export credit insurance reaches $216.24b in '11
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Illinois Soybean Association calls for Cuba ExIm eligibility
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Vietnam ministry to pay 20% of export credit premiums
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Berne Union Reports Members Insure $1.8 Trillion of International Trade, Investment
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Norway Announces State-Owned Replacement for Eksportfinans
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Measures to encourage Russian manufactured exports with new ECA
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Gazprom-Led South Stream Hires Banks for Gas Pipeline Financing
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Battle over reauthorizing the US Ex-Im Bank continues
March 2012
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US Senate votes down Export-Import Bank re-authorization
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Barrick Gold Fails to Obtain Export Credit Financing for Pascua Lama mine in Chile
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Australia's Productivity Commission hearing puts spotlight on Australia's Export Credit Agency
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European, Japanese taxpayers unwittingly underwrite continued forest and tiger habitat destruction
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Changes to Norwegian export financing regulations on the horizon
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Berlin trying to interfere at EADS, threatening ECA guarantees
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Vital energy mission for Japanese ECA JIBC
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Opinion: Export credit helps plug green finance gap
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Ottawa to prolong EDC’s domestic lending role
February 2012
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US GAO report comes in midst of heated political debate on Ex-Im
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US and China agree to negotiate export credit deal
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A Better Deal? Chinese Finance in Latin America
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Is Export Credit distorting the market?
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India not halting insurance cover on exports to Iran
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Credit guarantees boost German exports to Africa
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Washington aids Boeing in competition with Bombardier
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ONDD announces premia changes for selected countries
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Sri Lanka to get US$ 200 million credit facility from Pakistan
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OECD considers new shipping export credit rules
January 2012
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AB Svensk Exportkredit secures long-term Chinese RMB financing for Swedish exporter
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What will money worries mean for ECA aircraft financing?
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Ex-Im Bank leads US government and private support for controversial energy projects
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Bribe in US Ex-Im Bank scam lands former Wells Fargo banker behind bars
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Report of the 6 Dec. 2011 meeting of the Export Credits Group of the Council of the European Union
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Turkish Eximbank to extend $750 mln in loans to Tunisia, Libya
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Australia and South Africa strike gold in UK
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Prolongation of Danish export credit financing scheme okayed
December 2011
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OECD fails to agree on revised Common Approaches on export credit & the environment
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Outrage at UK's $1bn export credit loan deal with Brazil oil giant
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Export credit guarantees: The real cause of developing country debt
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ECA Watch submission to the UN Working Group on Human Rights and Business (PDF)
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UK Ministers accused of fiddling aid figures with 'made-up money'
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Berne Union voices concerns about world trade
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Boeing sees no aircraft financing gap in 2012
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The Brookings Institution - Population Displacement and Export Credit
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CEDHA outlines violations of Equator Principles of mining project under ECA consideration (PDF)
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Nigeria's NEXIM Bank Disburses N70bn, $322m
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Santos Obtains $1.2 Billion in Debt Financing to Help Fund LNG Projects
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US business worries Eximbank may hit credit ceiling
November 2011
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ECA Watch submissions to 14 Nov OECD ECWG meeting
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US air carriers launch lawsuit against US Ex-Im over Boeing subsidies
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Eurodad report on ECAs and debt to be released 6 December
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Indian Export-Import Bank Act increases capital five fold
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Friends of the Earth Japan petitions against nuclear exports
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Ukraine sets up export credit agency
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Listening project documents the impacts of ECA supported Exxon LNG project in PNG
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Prague Club meets in Oman
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Indonesian Eximbank lending goes mostly to palm oil
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Portuguese short-term export credit ruled a breach of EU competition law
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China Ex-Im in scandal over Guyanese airport contract
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UK ECA ECGD is rebranded as UK Export Finance
October 2011
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Annual report of UN independent expert on debt and human rights focuses on export credit agencies
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Europe Gives Export Credits to Chinese Airbus
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NGOs Question U.S. Ex-Im Bank $1.5 billion Nigerian Power Deal
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Wells Fargo Bank loan officer in large ECA fraud case to plead guilty
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Wall Street Analysts Warn of Export-credit Satellite Financing Bubble
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UK exporters report trouble accessing export credit
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Johan Schrijver of Atradius elected President of Berne Union
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Four ECA financed Dutch corvettes for Vietnam
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OECD to negotiate new Common Approaches on ECAs and environment 14 November 2011
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India's Export Credit Guarantee Corporation imposes stringent rules for exports to Syria & Greece
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UK government fails to keep green pledge
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Britain demands Egypt repay millions lent for arms deals
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Commonwealth summit hears of export, credit guarantees to help poor nations
September 2011
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New appointments for UK ECGD export advisory panel
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Australia's Productivity Commission to launch inquiry into EFIC
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India's seafood exports under strain as export credit costs rise
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UK's official export credit agency is back 'on cover' for Libya
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Islamic export credit, political risk insurance boost for ICIEC
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India has doubled its lines of credit (LOC) to Africa
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Indian companies turn to Chinese loans to cuts export costs
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Dutch development and export credit money wasted on harbour in Guatemala
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European legislation forces export credit agencies to be more transparent
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Is lending in the aircraft financing market going down?
August 2011
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U.S. Export-Import Bank breaks record for loan authorizations
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Investment and trade insurers poised to resume Libyan activity once fighting eases
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September 2011 version of the OECD administered Arrangement on Official Export Credit now available
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FoE Japan petition to end Japanese government promotion of nuclear exports
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Angry landowner attacks expat staff at ECA financed LNG project in PNG - project work halted
July 2011
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14th OECD ECA/CSO Consultation
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Brazilian miner MMX taps banks & ECAS for $1.8 Billion mine expansion
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Germany debates supporting nuclear power plants in other countries
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How plane makers and others help airlines buy jets
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US business divided over Ex-Im reauthorization
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Bahrain gets capital markets boost with ECA support
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ECGD underwrites military sales to United Arab Emirates
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ECA supported arms trade and the Greek debt crisis
June 2011
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Giving human rights credit: EU countries agree to toughen export loan scrutiny
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Financing nuclear times
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Zimbabwe owes Britain's ECDG £190,4 million
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Gulf Carriers to Outpace Old Europe With Cargo Expansion: Freight Markets
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U.S. must confront China export advantages: Eximbank PDF
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Germany's Hermes maintains international top position in reader survey
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US Ex-Im Bank review of Nigeria Banking Facility and potential malfeasance
May 2011
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Australia: EFIC's new Environment and Social Policy brings welcome changes
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Amnesty expresses disappointment at lack of human rights policy in Common Approaches
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Minutes of the proceedings of the 527th meeting of the EU Export Credits Group
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US, Europe and Canada in civil aviation market conflict
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Russia readies launch of Export Credit and Investment Insurance Agency
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Ghana to join African Trade Insurance Agency
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China Pledges Measures To Level Competitive Playing Field For US, Chinese Firms
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U.N. Committee expresses deep concern over rights violations at Ilisu dam in Turkey
April 2011
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US Ex-Im Bank adopts Equator Principles & finances largest ever carbon emitting project
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European Parliament demands that Export Credit Agencies open up
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In search of a level playing field: the 2011 Aircraft Sector Understanding
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Huawei's $30 Billion Chinese ECA Credit Opens Doors in Brazil, Mexico
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U.S. Boosts Farm-Export-Credit Assistance by $2.7 Billion
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Time to end the underwriting of unethical business abroad
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World Bank to limit funding for coal-fired power stations
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WTO trade negotiations over export credits are at an impasse
March 2011
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BP violating human rights rules in ECA supported project, says UK government
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EC opens in-depth investigations into short‑term export-credit support at Ducroire and SACE BT
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EC approves extension of Danish short-term export credit scheme
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Campaigners dressed as maids demand governments clean up their exports
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OECD wants creation of a maximum 12-year term for aircraft export credit support
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US Government studies reorganization of trade agencies to promote competitiveness
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J.P. Morgan signs agreement with SINOSURE
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Arab Fund Lends Sudan $360 Million for New Airport, Two Dams
February 2011
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UK export push 'could create toxic debt'
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Commission opens in-depth investigations into short‑term credits of Belgian & Italian ECAs
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Greater export credit agency accountability needed – but how?
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Will U.S. Taxpayers Be Asked to Finance Environmental Devastation in South Africa?
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EU Finds China Gives Aid to telecommunication equipment makers
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China study finds EU subsidized telecom firms
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Government and Atradius Dutch State Business launch SME export accelerator (Dutch text)
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UBA, HSBC Sign $100m OECD ECA backed loan deal
January 2011
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Jubilee Debt report finds 96% of Third World debt to UK comes from failed exports
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Aircraft financing to emerge from the gloom in 2011
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Chinese export credits push international competition and controversy
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UK Trade Minister Urged to Expand Export Support to Green Firms
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Australia's Ferra lands exclusive military contract with ECA help
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Argentina to repay Paris Club defaulted debt
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FERN Briefing on ECAs and Climate Change
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Swedish ECA dividend helps reduce government deficit
December 2010
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Archive of ECA responses to the Common Approaches survey
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Boeing, Airbus Export Financing to Be Costlier Under OECD ECA Proposal
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EU Approves One-Year Extension Of Some Export Credit Insurance Schemes
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China's 2010 export credit insurance may rank world first
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European Parliamentary Committee votes to address ECA flaws
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French ECA guarantees Jaitapur nuclear project
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South Africa unveils Cuba export credit package
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OECD's ECA Working Group publishes some 2009 data and latest meeting minutes
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Brazil charges German companies and staff for environmental crimes in Hermes guaranteed project
November 2010
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Argentina to renegotiate Paris Club debt without IMF presence
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UN asks ECAs to ensure support for agro-land acquisition respects farmers' rights
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Etihad CEO flays western airlines on export credit
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Nord Stream Taps Three Banks as Advisers for 2.5 Billion Euros of Loans
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Berne Union members expect business volumes to return to pre-crisis levels in 2010
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Euromoney Trading produces ECA Review €279, 33 pages
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Japanese and Dutch ECAs publish Category A EIA information
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ECAs strive to meet new demand (PDF)
October 2010
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G20/OECD negotiations over export credits begin to heat up
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Aircraft manufacturers and airlines face off over export credit subsidies
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Hasankeyf protest camp raises voices against destructive Ilisu dam project in Turkey
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European export credits group coordinates responses to various OECD policy negotiations
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NGOs critique hydropower association voluntary assessment tool
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St. Kitts reimburses Italy for official export credit financed fraudulent hydrofoil debt
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Jubilee Australia reponds to EFIC draft Social and Environment Policy and Procedure proposals
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New study urges EU to include ECA subsidies in efforts to enforce human rights compliance (PDF)
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Canada's Bill C-300 with extractive industry guidelines narrowly defeated
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EFIC goes underground in West Africa
September 2010
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ECA aircraft credits generate controversy
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Exxon Mobil's ECA backed LNG project in PNG attacked
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US Export-Import Bank Votes for final commitment on Sasan coal fired power project
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Export Import Bank Urged to End Fossil Fuel Binge and Support Renewables
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China's export credit insurance corporation reports major growth
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Gunns' proposed Tasmania pulp mill seeks Austrian and Finnish ECA support
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Despite US drilling moratorium, ExIm to approve Mexican drilling
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Nabucco in Talks With OECD ECAs to Finance $10.3 Billion Pipeline
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First European export credit bond deal closed
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USEC Submits Update to Loan Guarantee Application
August 2010
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August 2010 - Issue not published during summer vacation period
July 2010
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July 2010 - Issue not published during summer vacation period
June 2010
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How The Planet Pays The Price For Europe's Export Credits
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UN urges responsible ECA lending to protect human rights
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ECGD: The Department for Dodgy Deals
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Chilean Communities & CSOs Urge US Ex-Im Bank to Reject Pascua Lama mine
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New debt creating export fund condemned by Spanish civil society
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Combating bribery in US$1.5 trillion export credit market requires stronger action
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More fraud hits US ExIm Bank
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Export credit agencies fill finance gap
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UK MP asks for figures on ECGD fossil fuel project support
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EADS: Many Banks Will Not Return To Aircraft Financing while ECAs will grow
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European ECA support to carbon intensive industries
May 2010
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Exxon gets US ExIm Bank Funding After Paying for Trip
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Export Credit Agency policies are not coherent with EU climate change policies (PDF)
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Construction restarts at controversial Ilisu dam
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Trade credit insurance faces overhaul
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WTO brokers trade finance talks for banks, regulators
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Brazil Government To Create Exim Bank, Boost Export Incentives
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SACE elected to the Board of the African Trade Insurance Agency
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What's New reader survey
April 2010
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New FERN report: The Changing Landscape of ECAs & the Global Financial Crisis
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Talks Aim to Curb Jet Subsidy
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Banks push G20 to reform trade finance regulation
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China's export credit insurance keeps rising in Q1
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China: Not the Rogue Dam Builder We Feared It would Be?
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Atradius DSB considers support for Congo's Port Autonome de Pointe Noire (PAPN)
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Activists fight ECGD's child labour policy reversal
March 2010
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ECA Watch comments on ECG climate sector proposals
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US Ex-Im Bank's Carbon Policy Criticized by Environmental Groups
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Amnesty International calls for human rights due diligence by ECAs and their clients
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Australian ECA in Papua New Guinea - Why the secrecy? (Podcast summary)
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UK Exporters call for state-backed trade finance
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Dutch ECA insures large loans provided by shipyard to attract investments
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Canadian firms dominate mining in Africa - and have a bad human rights record
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Europe-wide protests against Turkish banks over Ilisu financing
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JBIC and NEXI publish lists of new projects
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Ecuador halts talks with China's Export Import Bank on hydro power financing
February 2010
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Legal Challenge Launched of UK Serious Fraud Office's BAE settlement
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Turkey announces restart of Ilisu construction
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Back to square one on nuclear export subsidies from Germany
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European airlines seek end to home market export credit limits
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Revisions proposed to OPIC's environmental, transparency, worker rights and human rights policies
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OECD proposes new sector understanding on export credits for climate change & water projects
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India's ECA monitors export credit risks of European economies in crisis
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EU Plans Massive Sanctions Against Iran
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Credit Insurance: You Want It, But Can You Get It? ECAs Cushion the Blow
January 2010
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ECA Watch & Amnesty International outline OECD Common Approaches evaluation issues (PDF)
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ECA Watch urges G-20 not to exclude ECAs from fossil fuel subsidies analysis (PDF)
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Risky Business: Shining a spotlight on Australia's export credit agency
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Export credit agencies to the rescue of trade finance
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Developing countries want WTO study of protectionist impact of bailout & stimulus packages.
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ECGD releases BTC Pipeline assessment documents
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ECGD rules raise child labour fears
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China continues to develop export credit insurance to support trade
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ECAs come to the rescue of Boeing and Airbus
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Iran's Export Guarantee Fund Eyes Berne Union Membership
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Eskom signs R13bn (US$1.7Bn) loan agreement with Coface
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Israeli Credit Insurance Company boosts exports by more than US$268 million
December 2009
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New Law Requires U.S. OPIC to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50%
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Record U.S. Ex-Im Bank Financing for Papua New Guinea LNG Project
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UK Parliamentary report calls for tougher action to end abuses by British companies abroad
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Kazakhstan agrees to $1.6 billion ECA write off
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Netherlands stops Dubai investment insurance
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IFIs can provide up to €1.5bn to finance Nabucco
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As Boeing Hits Turbulence, Uncle Sam Flies to Its Aid
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US$6.7 million non-performing loan: NEXIM Bank debtors disappear into thin air
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China's short-term export credit exceeds US$84 billion
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OECD publishes cash flow results for official export credits & Category A & B projects
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Will China Turn Its Back on International Standards in the Ilisu Dam?
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Reform of the Spanish Export Credit Agency will create more Southern debt
November 2009
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US Export Import Bank approves weak carbon policy
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French export credit support goes to a small group of big companies
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OECD to review Common Approaches to the Environment in 2010
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Dutch meeting urges tighter greenhouse gas screening of ECA & EIB investment support
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ECAs fill the gap with US$20 billion in aircraft guarantees
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PEW report shows 65% of US Export Import Bank loan guarantees goes to Boeing
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Dutch government guarantees Dubai's ECA deals
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Australian to head global export credit body (Berne Union)
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Chinese government to inject capital into China ExIm and Sinosure
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A watershed moment: ECA financed Three Gorges dam soon to reach final height
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Ilisu construction restarted without permission
October 2009
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EU approvals of short-term official export credit subsidies continued to be in the news this month
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BAE prosecution for corruption
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Berne Union AGM in Seoul
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Nabucco pipeline consortium seeks ECA funding
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US Export-Import Bank hits 75 year high in fiscal 2009
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SACE/Gazprom/Nord Stream
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Etihad Airways completes ECA guaranteed transactions
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UK Export credit scheme bypasses international environmental and corruption standards
September 2009
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Ex-Im Bank's Climate Proposal Fails to Quell Environmental Groups' Concerns
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G20 to axe fuel subsidies
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How ECAs help companies evade taxes (pdf)
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China Eximbank Navigates Export Tide
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European Commission approves German export credit scheme
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WTO says airbus got illegal subsidies
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OECD, WTO and UNCTAD call on G-20 for commitment to open trade/investment
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Halifax Initiative identifies reforms for EDC Environmental Policy
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Australia's export credit agency assesses African mining projects
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Launching Indonesia Eximbank
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Enhanced ECA Financing Terms in Response to Climate Change (pdf)
August 2009
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US ExIm Bank caught in environment vs job subsidy contradictions
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EU clears German export-credit insurance scheme
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India will soon be largest borrower from US Exim Bank
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Australia's EFIC signs agreements with Korean and Thai counterpart ECAs
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EFIC approves line of credit for General Motors subsidiary
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Berne Union Asia special meeting discusses global financial crisis
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Congo's Grand Inga hydro project
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Canada's EDC to lend Bombardier US$160 Million for SAS aircraft